{{Short description|Barony in County Wexford, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Scarawalsh | native_name = <small>''Scairbh Bhailis'' (Irish)</small> | settlement_type = Barony | image_skyline = River Slaney - geograph.org.uk - 508927.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = The Slaney near Scarawalsh bridge | image_map =Baronies of Wexford.jpg |pushpin_map = Ireland |coordinates={{coord|52.55|-6.55|format=dms|dim:15000|display=it}} | map_alt = | map_caption = Barony map of County Wexford, 1900; Scarawalsh barony is in the north, coloured green. | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = Ireland | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Leinster | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Wexford | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 431.6 | area_total_sq_mi =166.6 | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = }}
'''Scarawalsh''' ({{irish place name|Scairbh Bhailis}}) is a historical barony in northern County Wexford, Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/wexford/scarawalsh/|title=Scarawalsh|website=www.townlands.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000301030|title=A map of Ferns demesne in the barony of Scarawalsh and County of Wexford. Names and area of some small holders shown.|date=15 November 1770|website=catalogue.nli.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doPlaceSearch&countyname=WEXFORD&parishname=BALLYCARNEY|title=Griffith's Valuation|website=www.askaboutireland.ie}}</ref>
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myhome.ie/priceregister/lands-at-muff-barony-of-athlone-north-castlecoote-co-roscommon-1448143|title=Property Price Register - Lands at Muff, Barony of Athlone North, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon|website=www.myhome.ie|access-date=15 November 2024|archive-date=9 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109185116/https://www.myhome.ie/priceregister/lands-at-muff-barony-of-athlone-north-castlecoote-co-roscommon-1448143|url-status=dead}}</ref> They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.<ref>{{cite book |author=General Register Office of Ireland |title=Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index |chapter-url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1901/Ireland&active=yes&mno=453&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=3800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank |series=Command papers |volume=Cd. 2071 |year=1904 |publisher=HMSO |pages=966–978 |chapter=Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni0NAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Athlone+North%22++&pg=RA1-PA79|title=Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas|first=Ireland Public Record|last=Office|date=12 February 1891|publisher=Stationery Office.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==History== The barony of Scarawalsh takes its name from a townland of the same name;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wexfordcountyarchive.com/our-collections/estate-paper-collections/map-1792-scarawalsh/|title=Map 1792 Scarawalsh | Wexford County Archive}}</ref> the name is Irish for "Walsh's shallow ford with stony bottom,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/scairbh|title=Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): scairbh|website=www.teanglann.ie}}</ref> referring to a crossing-point on the River Slaney on the Ferns–Enniscorthy road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/52147/|title=Scairbh Bhailis/Scarawalsh|website=logainm.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Scarawalsh.php|title=Scarawalsh - Irish Place Names|website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>
Scarawalsh contains the capital of the Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsellas) at Ferns. In the early medieval period the Síl Chormaic were the dominant section (sept) of the Kinsellas, but in the mid-11th century, control was taken by the related Síl Fáelchán (Mac Murchadha) branch.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm |archive-date=17 July 2019 }}</ref>
In the 1798 rebellion, a Scarawalsh infantry unit fought on the British side, led by a Captain Cornock; they supplied 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 3 sergeants, a drummer, and 60 men.<ref>''The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &c.,: Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, from the Year 1782 Till the Total Suppression of the Insurrection; : with a Review of the History of Ireland, from Its First Invasion by the English, Till the Commencement of the Rebellion. In Two Volumes...'' (1809:12). United Kingdom: John Harrop..</ref> ==Geography==
Scarawalsh is a large barony in the north of the county, bordering County Carlow and County Wicklow; much of it is mountainous, especially in its north.<ref>''Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland''. (1859:464). Ireland: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.</ref> The River Bann flows through the eastern part of the barony, meeting the River Slaney downriver of Scarawalsh Bridge (near the ancient ford).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/taking-stock-of-slaney-salmon/27244797.html|title=Taking stock of Slaney salmon|date=22 February 2011|website=Irish Independent}}</ref>
==List of settlements==
Settlements in whole or in part the historical barony of Scarawalsh include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/270/sub/ID|title=Sub-units of: Guaire/Scarawalsh|website=logainm.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/270/sub/B|title=Sub-units of: Guaire/Scarawalsh|website=logainm.ie}}</ref> *Ballindaggin *Ballycanew *Ballycarney *Ballyfad *Boolavogue *Bunclody *Camolin *Castletown *Clohamon *Coolgreany *Craanford *Enniscorthy *Ferns *Gorey *The Harrow *Hollyfort *Inch *Killinierin *Kilmyshall *Kiltealy *Monaseed
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Baronies of County Wexford